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- the present invention relates to cooling systems, and more particularly to cooling systems used with racks and enclosures used for data processing, networking and telecommunications equipment.
- Equipment racks are used to contain and to arrange communications and information technology equipment, such as servers, CPUs, data processing equipment, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment and storage devices, in relatively small wiring closets as well as equipment rooms and large data centers.
- An equipment rack can be an open configuration or can be housed within a rack enclosure, although the enclosure may be included when referring to a rack.
- a standard rack typically includes front-mounting rails to which multiple units of equipment, such as servers and CPUs, are mounted and stacked vertically, for example, within the rack.
- a standard rack at any given time can be sparsely or densely populated with a variety of different components (e.g., server blades) as well as with components from different manufacturers.
- rack-mounted communication and information technology equipment consumes electrical power and generates heat, which can have an adverse effect on the performance, reliability and useful life of the equipment components.
- rack-mounted equipment housed within an enclosure is particularly vulnerable to heat build-up and hot spots produced within the confines of the enclosure during operation.
- the amount of heat generated by a rack of equipment is dependent on the amount of electrical power drawn by equipment in the rack during operation.
- rack-mounted equipment is cooled by drawing air along a front side or air inlet side of a rack, drawing air through its components, and subsequently exhausting air from a rear or vent side of the rack.
- Airflow requirements to provide sufficient air for cooling can vary considerably as a result of different numbers and types of rack-mounted components and different configurations of racks and enclosures.
- Equipment rooms and data centers are typically equipped with an air conditioning or cooling system that supplies and circulates cool air to racks.
- One such cooling system employs a raised floor to facilitate air conditioning and circulation systems.
- Such systems typically use open floor tiles and floor grills or vents to deliver cool air from an air passageway disposed below the raised floor of an equipment room.
- Open floor tiles and floor grills or vents are typically located in front of equipment racks, and along aisles between rows of racks arranged side-by-side.
- this system includes one or more main condensing modules, a coolant distribution section, a heat exchanger module section, and a backup coolant section.
- the coolant distribution section includes a bulk storage tank, an evacuation/recovery pump, a manifold and hoses.
- the condensing module(s) sends cool liquid to the heat exchanger module section by means of the distribution section, where the liquid is evaporated, into gas by hot air from the IT equipment, and the vapor coolant is returned to the main condensing module(s).
- a primary cooling portion cools the heated vapor coolant back into a liquid for supply to the heat exchanger module section by the distribution section.
- a secondary condensing module can cool and condense the heated vapor coolant if power has not failed to the system.
- the backup coolant section which may include several ice storage tanks, can continue to cool, without using high power consumption vapor compression systems, the heated coolant from the heat exchange module section for the duration of battery life or depletion of ice storage of the system.
- One aspect of the invention is directed to a system for cooling a medium.
- the system comprises a line having coolant flowing therein, and a sub-cooling unit in fluid communication with the line.
- the sub-cooling unit receives a portion of the coolant diverted from the line to cool coolant flowing in the line.
- Embodiments of the system may include the sub-cooling unit comprising a sub-cooling expansion device in fluid communication with the line, a sub-cooling heat exchanger, in fluid communication with the sub-cooling expansion device, to absorb heat from the coolant flowing in the line, and a sub-cooling pump, in fluid communication with the sub-cooling heat exchanger, to pump the portion of diverted coolant to the line.
- the sub-cooling heat exchanger comprises a co-axial condensing unit in fluid communication with the line and the sub-cooling unit.
- the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is less than 5% of the liquid coolant flowing through the line.
- the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is approximately 2% of the liquid coolant flowing through the line.
- the system may comprise a condensing unit, in fluid communication with the line, adapted to cool coolant from a substantially vaporized state to a substantially liquid state, and a main pump, in fluid communication with the condensing unit by the line, adapted to pump coolant in liquid state.
- the system may further comprise a controller to control the operation of the cooling system. The controller controls the portion of coolant diverted from the line connecting the condensing unit to the main pump.
- Another aspect of the invention is directed to a system for cooling a medium, the system comprising a line having coolant flowing therein, and means for cooling the coolant flowing through the line by diverting a portion of coolant from the line and absorbing heat from the coolant flowing through the line with the portion of diverted coolant.
- the means for cooling the coolant flowing through the line comprises a sub-cooling unit, in fluid communication with the line, the sub-cooling unit receiving the portion of the coolant diverted from the line.
- the sub-cooling unit comprises a sub-cooling expansion device in fluid communication with the line, a sub-cooling heat exchanger, in fluid communication with the sub-cooling expansion device, to absorb heat from the coolant flowing in the line, and a sub-cooling pump, in fluid communication with the sub-cooling heat exchanger, to pump the portion of diverted coolant to the line.
- the sub-cooling heat exchanger comprises a co-axial condensing unit in fluid communication with the line and the sub-cooling unit.
- the system further comprises a condensing unit, in fluid communication with the line, adapted to cool coolant from a substantially vaporized state to a substantially liquid state, and a main pump, in fluid communication with the condensing unit via the line, adapted to pump coolant in liquid state.
- the system may further comprise a controller to control the operation of the cooling system, wherein the controller controls the portion of coolant diverted from the line connecting the condensing unit to the main pump.
- the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is less than 5% of the liquid coolant flowing through the line.
- the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is approximately 2% of the liquid coolant flowing through the line.
- a further aspect of the invention is directed to a method of cooling coolant within a line.
- the method comprises diverting a portion of coolant flowing through the line to a sub-cooling unit, and absorbing heat from the coolant flowing through the line with the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit.
- Embodiments of the method may further comprise pumping the portion of coolant back to the line.
- the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is less than 5% of the coolant flowing through the line. In a particular embodiment, the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is approximately 2% of the coolant flowing through the line.
- Yet another aspect of the invention is directed to a cooling system comprising a condensing unit adapted to cool coolant from a substantially vaporized state to a substantially liquid state.
- the system further includes a main pump, in fluid communication with the condensing unit, adapted to pump coolant, and a sub-cooling unit in fluid communication with the condensing unit.
- the sub-cooling unit receives a portion of coolant diverted from the condensing unit to the main pump to cool the coolant flowing from the condensing unit the main pump.
- Embodiments of the invention may include the sub-cooling unit comprising a sub-cooling expansion device in fluid communication with the condensing unit, a sub-cooling heat exchanger, in fluid communication with the sub-cooling expansion device, adapted to absorb heat from coolant flowing from the condensing unit to the main pump, and a sub-cooling pump, in fluid communication with the sub-cooling heat exchanger and the condensing unit, adapted to pump the diverted coolant back to the condensing unit.
- the sub-cooling heat exchanger comprises a co-axial condensing unit in fluid communication with the condensing unit and the sub-cooling unit.
- the system may further include a controller to control the operation of the cooling system, wherein the controller controls the portion of coolant diverted from the condensing unit to the main pump.
- the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is less than 5% of the liquid coolant flowing from the condensing unit to the main pump. In a particular embodiment, the portion of coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit is approximately 2% of the liquid coolant flowing from the condensing unit to the main pump.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system for cooling an enclosure or rack having a sub-cooling unit of an embodiment of the invention for cooling coolant flowing from a condensing unit to a pump;
- FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of a method of an embodiment of the invention for sub-cooling coolant of a cooling system.
- FIG. 1 there is generally indicated at 10 a system for cooling a space containing, for example, electronic equipment, including closets, equipment rooms and data centers. Such spaces are adapted to house enclosures or racks designed to house networking, telecommunication and other electronic equipment.
- the cooling system 10 may be employed in the type of cooling system disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/993,329, entitled IT EQUIPMENT COOLING, filed on Nov. 19, 2004, which is referenced above and incorporated herein by reference.
- the cooling system 10 of embodiments of the present invention is designed to improve the efficiency and reliability of the entire cooling system by diverting a portion of coolant from a condensing unit to a pump to further sub-cool the coolant being delivered to the pump.
- a medium or coolant such as but not limited to R134A and R410A coolants, is provided within a closed system comprising a main pump 12 , which is designed to pump liquid coolant.
- the liquid coolant is disposed within the closed system under increased pressure provided by the main pump 12 .
- the main pump 12 may embody two centrifugal pumps placed in series, which are capable of increasing the overall pressure of the coolant between 20-25 psig, for example.
- the pumps may be of the type sold by Tark Incorporated of Dayton, Ohio, under model no. WRD40.5A-23.
- a single pump capable of achieving an overall pressure increase of 20-25 psig may be provided and still fall within the scope of the present invention.
- the main pump 12 delivers the liquid coolant under increased pressure to an expansion valve 14 , which is in fluid communication with the main pump via line 16 .
- the expansion valve 14 conditions the coolant so that the coolant experiences a slight pressure and temperature drop after flowing through the expansion valve.
- the expansion valve 14 may be of the type sold by the Sporlan Division of Parker-Hannifin Corporation of Washington, Mo., under model no. OJE-9-C-5 ⁇ 8′′-5 ⁇ 8′′ ODF-5′.
- the coolant in a form of low pressure liquid/vapor mix (80% liquid and 20% vapor), flows through at least one evaporator unit 18 in fluid communication with the expansion valve 14 via line 20 .
- the evaporator unit 18 may take the form of a tubular coil having fins that are adapted to absorb heat from a space, such as hot air taken from the aforementioned closet, equipment room or data center.
- Such an evaporator unit 18 may be a micro-channel evaporator having two rows, 25.4 mm micro-channel coil assembly that is manufactured by and commercially available from Heatcraft of Grenada, Miss.
- the evaporator unit may be adapted to absorb heat from another medium, such as heated coolant delivered to the evaporator unit, in which the heated medium contains heat taken from the space requiring cooling.
- a heat load 22 from the space requiring cooling is applied to the evaporator unit 18 .
- the heat from the heat load 22 which may be in the form of warm air directed by fans from equipment enclosures at the evaporator unit 18 , vaporizes the slightly reduced-pressure coolant traveling through the evaporator unit.
- the temperature of the vapor coolant flowing within the evaporator unit 18 is greater than the temperature of the low pressure liquid/vapor mix entering the inlet of the evaporator unit via line 20 .
- the resultant pressure of the vapor coolant exiting the evaporator unit 18 is substantially equal to the pressure of the low pressure liquid/vapor mix.
- the vapor coolant which is in super heated condition, flows under relatively low pressure to a condensing unit 24 , such as a condensing unit manufactured by WTT America, Inc. of Bohemia, N.Y. under model no. WTT W9-130.
- the condensing unit 24 is in fluid communication with the evaporator unit 18 and the main pump 12 via lines 26 , 28 , respectively. It should be noted that the super heated vapor coolant discharged from the evaporator unit 18 and traveling to the condensing unit 24 experiences a slight pressure loss in line 26 .
- the condensing unit 24 is designed to cool the super heated vapor coolant entering the condensing unit and return the cooled coolant in a liquid state to the main pump 12 via line 28 .
- a requirement of the cooling system 10 is that coolant entering the main pump be in a liquid state.
- coolant requiring cooling within the condensing unit 24 may be subjected to a heat exchanger 30 in the form of a chilling unit, which is adapted to provide chilled water (e.g., approximately 45° F. water) in direct fluid communication with the condensing unit via lines 32 , 34 .
- chilled water e.g., approximately 45° F. water
- the arrangement is such that chilled water entering the condensing unit 24 via line 34 cools the vaporized coolant to a liquid state.
- Warmer water e.g., approximately 52° F. water
- Liquid coolant is then directed from the condensing unit 24 to the main pump 12 , where the cycle of pumping, expanding, heating and cooling the coolant begins again.
- a controller 36 such as the controller disclosed in the above-referenced patent application Ser. No. 10/993,329, is configured to control the operation of the cooling system 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the main pump inlet conditions at line 28 are critical in two-phase pumped coolant systems because liquid pumps, such as main pump 12 , require 100% liquid. To run efficiently, and to prevent failure of the main pump 12 , sub-cooled liquid coolant is desirable. Specifically, as the condensing unit 24 cools vapor coolant via the heat exchanger 30 , and “acceptable” liquid coolant (coolant that is sufficiently cooled to liquid phase) is directed to the main pump 12 , the acceptable coolant may not be sufficiently cooled for the main pump to operate properly.
- FIG. 1 there is illustrated the cooling system 10 with a sub-cooling unit, generally indicated at 40 , of an embodiment of the present invention.
- the sub-cooling unit 40 is disposed generally between the condensing unit 24 and the main pump 12 so that it is in fluid communication with these components of the cooling system 10 in the manner described below.
- coolant cooled by the condensing unit 24 is directed to the main pump 12 via line 28 .
- a small portion of the coolant is diverted by line 42 to the sub-cooling unit 40 for further cooling.
- the mass of coolant diverted to line 42 is less than 5% of the total mass of coolant delivered to the main pump 12 from the condensing unit 24 . In a preferred embodiment, the mass of coolant diverted to line 42 from the main pump 12 is approximately 2% of the total mass of coolant delivered.
- the controller 36 which is in electrical communication with a valve at 44 , may be configured to determine the amount of coolant diverted based on the environmental conditions of the coolant at the main pump 12 and within the sub-cooling unit 40 .
- the remaining coolant i.e., the non-diverted coolant, continues to flow to the main pump 12 via line 28 .
- the coolant delivered to the main pump 12 is cooled to a sufficiently cool temperature (depending on the type of coolant employed and the environmental conditions impacting the cooling system 10 ) to ensure the coolant is in a liquid state.
- the coolant flows from the condensing unit 24 through a heat exchanger 46 disposed between the condensing unit 24 and the main pump 12 .
- the heat exchanger 46 comprises a co-axial condensing unit having concentric tubes. The arrangement is such that coolant exiting the condensing unit 24 via line 28 flows within an inner tube (not shown) of the co-axial condensing unit 46 and coolant diverted to line 42 flows within an outer tube (not shown) of the co-axial condensing unit that houses the inner tube therein.
- Co-axial condensing units are well known in the art, and may be of the type offered by Packless Industries of Waco, Tex. under model no. AES003522. As discussed in greater detail below, it is within this co-axial condensing unit 46 that the coolant flowing from the condensing unit 24 to the main pump 12 by line 28 is cooled by the coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit 40 .
- the sub-cooling unit 40 includes a sub-cooling expansion valve 48 connected to line 42 to reduce the pressure and the temperature of the coolant diverted to the sub-cooling unit.
- the sub-cooling expansion valve 48 may be replaced by a capillary tube or restrictive orifice.
- the sub-cooling expansion valve may be of the type sold by the Sporlan Division of Parker-Hannifin Corporation of Washington, Mo., under the SJ series of expansion valves.
- the heat exchanger 46 (i.e., the co-axial condensing unit) receives coolant from the sub-cooling expansion valve 48 via line 52 , so that the coolant flowing through the outer tube absorbs heat from the coolant flowing through the inner tube. It is at this point where the coolant directed to the main pump 12 via line 28 is sub-cooled by the sub-cooling unit 40 .
- a sub-cooling pump 54 is in fluid communication with the sub-cooling heat exchanger 46 and the condensing unit 24 via lines 56 , 58 , respectively, to pump the diverted coolant back to the condensing unit.
- “acceptable” liquid coolant is directed from the condensing unit 24 to the main pump 12 via line 28 .
- the valve 44 under manipulation of the controller 36 , diverts a small portion of the mass of coolant to the components of the sub-cooling unit 40 .
- the valve 44 may be configured to direct a select amount of coolant to the sub-cooling unit by the controller. For example, 2% of the total mass of coolant traveling to the main pump by line 28 may be diverted to the sub-cooling unit 40 .
- the diverted coolant is expanded by the sub-cooling expansion valve 48 , which significantly reduces the pressure and the temperature of the coolant.
- the sub-cooling heat exchanger 46 is designed to remove heat from the coolant in line 28 directed to the main pump 12 with the diverted sub-cooled coolant thereby ensuring that the coolant being directed to the main pump is in a liquid state.
- the vaporized coolant is pressurized by the liquid/vapor sub-cooling pump 54 , which is in fluid communication with the sub-cooling heat exchanger and the condensing unit 24 via lines 56 , 58 , respectively.
- the pressure of the vaporized coolant is low, thereby requiring the provision of sub-cooling pump 54 to pressurize the coolant to a pressure sufficient for reintroduction into the line 26 carrying coolant from the evaporator(s) unit 18 .
- the liquid/vapor coolant is provided under pressure within line 58 and travels to line 26 where it is introduced back into the vaporized coolant traveling from the evaporator unit(s) 18 .
- the liquid/vapor pump 54 is a linear piston pump manufactured by Pumpworks Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn.
- the pressure of liquid/vapor coolant within line 58 is substantially similar to the pressure of vapor coolant in line 26 , and once introduced back into line 26 , the coolant travels to the condensing unit 24 .
- the sub-cooling unit 40 of the present invention may be employed in any one of the condensing units shown and described in the cooling system disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/993,329, entitled IT EQUIPMENT COOLING.
- the sub-cooling unit 40 is particularly effective in ensuring that coolant delivered to a pump is in a liquid state.
- the sub-cooling unit 40 relies on coolant within the closed system to sub-cool the coolant that is delivered to a main pump.
- a method of sub-cooling coolant within a cooling system is generally indicated at 70 .
- coolant is pumped to an expansion device, such as expansion valve 14 , by a pump, such as main pump 12 .
- the expansion device expands the coolant so that the coolant is conditioned to receive a heat load.
- the heat load is applied to the coolant, the heat load being applied from a space requiring cooling, such as a space accommodating electronic equipment.
- the heat load applied to the coolant is typically sufficient to vaporize the coolant.
- the coolant is condensed to a liquid state and directed back to the pump, where the cycle begins again.
- a portion of coolant is diverted to a sub-cooling unit, such as sub-cooling unit 40 , which is designed to sub-cool coolant flowing to the pump.
- the method of the present invention may divert a select amount of coolant, e.g., 2% of the coolant flowing to the main pump based on environmental conditions of the coolant exiting the condensing unit.
- the portion of diverted coolant enters a heat exchanger (e.g., heat exchanger 46 ) to absorb heat from the coolant traveling to the pump. The heat absorbed by the heat exchanger results in the further cooling of the coolant flowing to the pump.
- the diverted portion of coolant is pumped back to the condensing unit at 84 , which cools the liquid/vapor coolant.
- sub-cooling unit 40 of embodiments of the present invention may be used cooling systems other than the cooling system 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the sub-cooling unit 40 may be employed in any system, whether a cooling or heating system, having a pump designed to pump liquid coolant. The provision of the sub-cooling unit 40 enables such systems to operate efficiently and more reliably.
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